Records of Death Removal in the Town of Bethel 1898
Family History Film #1491337
Pages 588-589
The word Blank has been used when no information was enntered on the original recordThe use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder, not the transcriber
The use of ? indicates a word or letter that could not be read, due to to quality of the original record
Records of Removal Permits as returned by Sextons of Cemetries in 1898
Name |
Place of Death |
Time of Death |
Age, Year, Month, Day |
Sex |
Condition |
Place of Birth, State |
Place of Burial |
Cause of Death |
Occupation |
Color |
Name of Parents |
Physician's or Person's Certifying |
| 1. Wells, George | Redding, CT | February 22 | 72y 11m 0d | Male | Not Given | Blank | ??lf?itt?* Cemetery | Paralysis | Blank | Not Given | Not Given | Not Given |
| 2. Lee, Sont of Frank* | Danbury, CT | March 3 | 0y 0m 3h | Male | Single | Danbury, CT | St. Mary's Cemetery | Premature Birth | Blank | White | Frank H & Lucy L Lee | U. Selleck, M.D. |
| 3. Lee, Lucy L | Danbury, CT | March 1 | 20y 9m 19d | Female | Married | Sharon, CT | St. Mary's Cemetery | Acute Heart Disease | Blank | White | Theodore & ??ts Owen* | U. Sellect, M.D. |
| 4 Ba???m*, Julia | Beatrice, NE | March 18 | 76y 0m 0d | Female | Widow | Not Given | Bethel Cemetery | Exaustion | Blank | White | Not Given | E. Gr?be, M.D.* |
| 5. McNab, Robert J | Danbury, CT | March 31 | 31y 3m 0d | Male | Single | Danbury, CT | Bethel Cemetery | Crush skull shock RR?* | Hatter | James & Martha McNab | W.C. Wile, M.D.EX. | |
| 6. Beebe, Mary A | Bridgeport, CT | April 6 | 79y 3m 0d | Female | Widow | Bridgeport, CT | Bethel Cemetery | E??ipel??--General Exhaustion | Blank | White | Samuel & Ph??e Ha?ley* | A.J. Smith, M.D. |
| 7.Benedict, Theodore L | Danbury, CT | April 27 | 47y 7m 0d | Male | Divorced | Bethel, CT | Bethel Cemetery | Heart Disease | Blank | White | Orrin & Julia M Benedict | A.E. Stratton, MD. |
| 8. Galllng, Lewis* | Orange, CT | May 5 | 73y 4m 0d | Male | Married | C?nwell, NY | Bethel Cemetery | Chronic Gastritis, exhaustion | Blank | White | Not Given | A. B????, M.D. |
| 9. Collins, Bridget | Redding, CT | May 8 | 65y 0m 0d | Female | Not Given | Not Given | St. Mary's Cemetery | Paralysis | Blank | Blank | Not Given | Not Given |
| 10. Walsh, Bridget | Redding, CT | May 20 | 34y 0m 0d | Female | Married | Blank, Ireland | St. Mary's Cemetery | Typhoid Fever | Blank | White | John & Mary ?olan* | C.R. Hart, M.D. |
| 11. Cole, Frank J | Danbury, CT | May 23 | 42y 5m 0d | Male | Widower | Bethel, CT | Bethel Cemetery | Pneumonia | Blank | White | Chas L & Mable Cole | George B. Wright, M.D. |
| 12. Squires, Sally H | Redding, CT | June 7 | 80y4m 18d | Female | Married | Redding, CT | Bethel Cemetery | Acute Paritonitis | Blank | White | Isaac & Lydia Bartram* | Erenst H. Smith, M.D. |
| 13. Nichols, Harriet D | Acton, MA | June 21 | 56y 5m 12d | Female | Not Given | Not Given | Bethel Cemetery | Lobar Penumonia | Blank | White | Not Given | I.L. Pickard, M.D. |
| 14. Steek*, Olga A C | Danbury, CT | July 30 | 0y 16m0d | Female | Single | Danbury, CT | Bethel Cemetery | Cholera Infant??? Menigitis* | Blank | White | Rudolph & Louisa Steek | F.P. Clark, M.D. |
| 15. ?ailer*, Charlotte M | Danbury, CT | July 23 | 0y 0m 24d | Female | Single | Danbury, CT | Elmwood Cemetery | Syphilis--Convulsions | Blank | White | Peter H ?ailer & ??tie Williams* | Paul M. Ti?derland, M.D. |
| 16. Roff, John G | Danbury, CT | Aug 9 | 80y 8m 0d | Male | Widower | New York, NY | Bethel Cemetery | Brights Disease----Coma | Blank | White | David Roff & Hannah M???h* | Frank P Clark, M.D. |
| 17. Stock*, Rosa | Danbury, CT | September 6 | 7y 5m 0d | Female | Single | Danbury, CT | Bethel Cemetery | Diphtheria | Blank | White | Rudolph & Louisa Stock | W. Frank Gordon, M.D. |
| 18. Da?kowski*, Michael | Boston, MA | September 26 | 55y 0m 0d | Male | Not Given | Not Given | Bethel Cemetery | Phthisis | Blank | Not Given | Not Given | Signed by C.E. Davis, Leg. Board of Health, Boston |
| 19. Prentice, Hannah | Westfield, NY | September 28 | Not Given | Female | Not Given | Not Given | Bethel Cemetery | Apoplexy | Blank | Not Given | Not Given | Not Given |
| 20. Sullivan, Edward Joseph | Redding, CT | September, Not Given | 8y 1m 14d | Male | Blank | Redding, CT | St. Mary's Cemetery | Dysentery | Blank | White | John M. Sullivan & Ella L. Mcdonald?? | A??e M Reid, M.D. |
| 21. Levine, Charles W | Bridgeport, CT | October 20 | 47y 0m 0d | Male | Married | Blank,?* | Bethel Cemetery | Suicide by Hanging | Blank | White | Levine | F.B. ? Med. Ex. |
| 22. Gage, Sarah | Middletown, CT | October 20 | ?7y 0m 0n* | Female | Widow | Blank, NY | Bethel Cemetery | Valvular Disease of Heart | Blank | White | Unknown | Chas W Page, M.D. |
| 23. McManus, Patrick | Danbury, CT | July 5, (1881) | Not Given | Male | Single | Blank, Ireland | St. Mary's Cemetery | Result of old Fracture of Skull | Blank | White | Not Given | W.C. Bennett, M.D. |
| 24. Parber,* William ? | Danbury, CT | November 15 (1898) | 72y 9m 29d | Male | Married | Danbury, CT | Bethel Cemetery | Old Age, Apoplexy | Blank | White | Samuel & Celara Stone Barber | W.L. Watson, M.D. |
| 25. Li??ie, Arthur L | Brooklyn, NY | January 5, (1895) | 1y 4m 0d | Male | Blank | Blank | Bethel Cemetery | Diphtheria | Blank | Not Given | Not Given | F. Wistham, MD. Asst. Registrar of Records |
| 26. Corning*, ?arissa L | Norwalk, CT | ? 27 (1898)* | 82y 9m 0d | Female | Widow | Danbury, CT | Bethel Cemetery | Endocarditis | Blank | White | Martin R. Sturt & Abigail ? Taylor | Walter Hitchcock |
| 27. Savage, Margaret | Danbury, CT | December 31* | 60y 0m 0d | Female | Widow | Danbury, CT | Bethel Cemetery | Brights Disease/Acute Regurgitation | Blank | White | Archibald & Sarah McCorkell | N. Sellick, MD |
| 28. Barnum, James P | Newtown, CT | January 7 | 79y 11m 27d | Male | Married | Catskill, NY | Elmwood Cemetery | La Grippe | Farmer | White | Thomas & Hannah Barnum | Geo D. Wright, MD |
| 29. Hoyt, Russell B | Danbury, CT | January 14 | 50y 10m 12d | Male | Single | Bethel, CT | Wolfpitts Cemetery | La Grippe-Brights Disease | Hatter | White | Russell & Caroline Hoyt | Geo D. Wright, MD |
| 30. Barnum, Julia A | East Orange, NJ | January 30 | 64y 0 0d | Female | Blank | Blank | Bethel Cemetery | Cance of Pancreas | Blank | Blank | Blank | Signed by Daniel A Dugan City ? |
| 31.Wheeler, Marion | Danbury, CT | March 3 | 0y 4m 0d | Female | Blank | Blank | Bethel Cemetery | Bronchitis-Broncho-Pneumonia | Blank | White | Chas & Mary Wheeler | W.S. Watson, MD |
| 32. LeRoy, Ward | Danbury, CT | March 19 | 38y 10m 16d | Male | Married | Red Mills, NY | Bethel Cemetery | Brights Disease | Hatter | White | Chas & Susan LeRoy | J. Alexander Wade, MD |
| 33. Hitchcock, Willie E | New Haven, CT | March 20 | 22y 3m 0d | Male | Married | New Haven, CT | Bethel Cemetery | Phthisis Pulmonarium | Blank | White | Edward & Hannah A Hitchcock | Edwin C.M. Hall |
| 34.Cahill, Edward Joseph | Danbury, CT | April 5 | 0y 0m 25d | Male | Blank | Danbury, CT | St. Mary's Cemetery | Inanition/Convulsions | Blank | White | Patrick & Josephine Cahill | A.E. Barber |
| 35. Babcock, Samuel Levi | Redding, CT | April 11 | 1y 0m 7d | Male | Single | Redding, CT | Bethel Cemetery | Broncho Pneuonia | Blank | White | Chas H & Lavinia M Babcock | Ernest A Smith, MD |
| 36. Johnson, Carrie E | Redding, CT | April 12 | 3y 7m 23d | Female | Single | Redding, CT | Behtel Cemetery | Acuty Cerebral Meningitis | Blank | Black | Geo E & Harriet Johnson | A.E. Barber, MD |
| 37. Bassett, Llewellyn C | Danbury, CT | April 29 | 36y 11m 22d | Male | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel Cemetery | Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | Bartender | White | Charles & Mary E Bassett | N. Sellick |
| 38. Bartman, Esther | Danbury, CT | May 1 | 50y 10m 11d | Female | Married | Roundout, NY | Bethel Cemetery | Fibroid of Uterus/Peritonitis after Hysterectomy | Housewife | White | John Prindle | E.A. Stratton, MD |
| 38. Barnum, Ellen | Newtown, CT | May 10 | 58y 5m 13d | Female | Widow | Sligo, Ireland | Elmwood Cemetery | Bronchitis | Housewife | White | Blank | C.R. Hart, MD |
| 39. Hunt, James | Bethel, CT | April 3* | 73y 3m 25d | Male | Married | Philadelphia, PA | Bethel Cemetery | Lupus-Exhaustion | Hatter | White | Paul & Anna A Hunt | A.E. May, MD |
| 40. Hunt, Sarah Maria | Bethel CT | April 7* | 76y 8m 28d | Female | Widow | Bethel, CT | Bethel Cemetery | General Debility/Congestion of Lungs | Housewife | White | Elihu & Mary M Crofut | A.E. Barber, MD |
| 41. Simons, Amos Jr | Danbury, CT | June 9 | 36y 8m 12d | Male | Married | Newtown, CT | Bethel Cemetery | Appendicitis/Heart Failure | Colorman | Black | Amos & Margett | A.E. Barber, MD |
| 42. Judd, George F | Danbury, CT | June 16 | 20y 8m 27d | Male | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel Cemetery | Consumption | Florist | White | Fred'k A & Harriet A Judd | F.P. Clark, MD |
| 43. Johnson, Rasmus | Danbury, CT | June 22 | 33y 0m 0d | Male | Married | Blank, ?* | Bethel Cemetery | Accidental Drowning | Tailor | White | Johan & Ann Johnson | D.C. Brown, MD, Med Examiner |
| 44. Sturtevant, Agnes | Brooklyn, NY | June 8 | 57y 0m 0d | Blank | Blank | Blank | Bethel Cemetery | Cancer | Blank | Blank | Blank | Signed by S.J. Byrne, MD,Registrar |
| 45. Platt, George W | New Fairfield, CT | July 10* | 0y 0m 0d | Male | Blank | Blank | Bethel Cemetery | Drowning | Blank | White | Blank | Said to have been W.C. Wile, Med Ex |
| 46. Carson*, Harry ? | Redding, CT | August 6 | 0y 6m 17d | Male | Single | Blank | Bethel Cemetery | Cholera Infantum | Blank | White | James & Minnie C Carson | C.R. Hart, MD |
| 47. Hodge, Henry | Danbury, CT | August 11 | 66y 1m 0d | Male | Married | Danbury, CT | Bethel Cemetery | Fracture of Skull | Pedlar | White | H??ll & Mary Hodge | A.E. Stratton, Med Ex |
| 48. Crofutt, Sarah E | Danbury, CT | August 27 | 57y 0m 17d | Female | Widow | Blank, NJ | Bethel Cemetery | Cancer of Stomach/Hemorrhage | Housewife | White | Alfred Taylor | F.P. Clark, MD |
| 49. Andrews, Martha J | Blank | August 27 | 45y 0m 0d | Blank | Blank | Blank | Bethel Cemetery | Enteritis | Blank | Blank | Blank | Signed by T.C. Taylor, MD, Asst Registrar |
| 50. Bennett, Abigail | Danbury, CT | October 1 | 60y 4m 14d | Female | Widow | Fishkill, NY | Removal Permit given to Lidingtonville, NY | Aploplexia Gen | Housewife | White | Blank | H.A. Wheeler, MD |
| 51. Clapp, Julia | Bridgeport, CT | October 28 | 70y 2m 0d | Female | Married | Bethel, CT | Bethel Cemetery | Cerebral Embolism/Exhaustion | Housewife | White | Alanson & Rebecca Taylor | Geo B. Cowell, MD |
| 52. Crofut, George A | Danbury, CT | November 17 | 29y 8m 0d | Male | Married | Bethel, CT | Bethel Cemetery | Accidental Drowning | Hatter | White | Able C & Hulda Crofut | E.A. Stratton, Med Ex |
| 53. Gregory*, ??sina | Middletown, CT | November 19 | 77y 3m 0d | Female | Widow | Newtown, CT | Elmwood Cemetery | Cerebral Apoplexy | Housekeeper | White | Taylor & Mary A Judd | Henry S Noble, MD |
| 54. Couch, Henry E | Danbury, CT | December 2 | 78y 8m 8d | Male | Blank | Bethel, CT | Bethel Cemetery | Ana??ia-Bronchitis* | Photographer | White | Johanthan & Lydia Couch | A.P. McDonald, MD |
| 55. Miller, Julia S | Danbury, CT | December 16 | 50y 9m 7d | Female | Widow | Danbury, CT | Bethel Cemetery | Uterine Carcinoma/Operation outcome/Obstruction of Bowels | ???? Maker* | White | Major & Julia Miller | A.P. McDonald, MD |
| 56. Mrogan, Caroline | Danbury, CT | December 21 | 64y 0m 0d | Female | Widow | New Milford, CT | Bethel Cemetery | Cancer of Stomach/Exhaustion | Housewife | White | Blank | W.S. Watson, MD |
| 57. Flynn, Maggie | Brookfield, CT | November 28 | 30y 5m 7d | Female | Single | Blank, Ireland | St. Mary's Cemetery | Tuberculosis | Blank | White | Peter & Ellen Flynn | A.W. Griswold, D |
Transcriber's Notes:
1. Looks like Holfpitte
2. ?=H or A
3. Number of Letters uncertain; first two letters may be Ka; last letter may be s or y
4. Non of illegible letters extends above or below, name could be Barmum; in physician's
name, ?= o ro a
5. ?=Illegible word
6. Mother's name is probably Phebe, in surname, ?= n or w8.
8. None of illegible letters extends above or below, name could be Gaurung or Ganning; in Physician's name, ? may be s; surname looks like Beran
10. ?=T or L; name is probably Tolaln
12. Possible misreading (of Bertram?) by original recorder?
14. Though this name is clearly written by the original recorder as "Steek" the parent' names (Rudolph & Louisa Steek) are so similar to those of the child in entry #17 as to suggest that they are the same people. As a former resident of Bethel, I am aware that Steck is a local name. Steek and Stock may bot be misreading of Steck.....
15. ?=L or T; mother's name is illegible; in physician's name, ? may be m (misreading of
Timberland or Tinderland?)
16. Illegible letters do not extend above or below; name probably March or Marsh
17. Though this name is written distinctly, it may be a misreading by the original recorder. See
note for entry 14.
18. ?= n or u
20. Illegible letters do not extend above or below; name looks like Anne,Annie or Amie
21. Birthplace looks like Sweden; physician's name is illegible, looks like Somms
22. ? Looks like 1 but may be a 6
24. ?= L or S; surname is probably Barber, could be a misreading of Parker
25. Illegible letters do not extend above or below; surname may be Linnie
26. Initial Letter or letters obscured; the name is probably Clarissa; month is
illegible, may be April or December, "Sturt" may be a miswriting of Stuart;?= H or A
27. *1898
36. *1892?
37. *1898
40. probably Denmark
42. *1891
43. ?=probably N but could be H
44. Name ay be Ursina or Rosina; in father's name, illegible letters do not extend above or below, name may be Hull
51. Illegible letters do not extend above or below; could be anaeia or anarimia
52. First letter=E or C; middle letters do not extend above or below; last letter=t or b; work could be Coat
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